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Sarcococca confusa sweet box ☂ partial shade /Full shade ❅hardy ★ Award ✿Evergreen


 Sarcococca confusa sweet box ☂ partial shade /Full shade ❅hardy ★ Award ✿Evergreen  (Sarcococca confusa sweet box)

Preferred common namesweet box
FamilyBuxaceae

Sarcococca are compact, sometimes suckering evergreen shrubs with simple, leathery leaves and tiny, fragrant creamy-white flowers in winter or spring, followed by red, purple or black berries which may persist into the following winter

S. confusa is a bushy evergreen shrub to 2m, with glossy, deep green, wavy ovate leaves 3-5cm in length and, in winter, inconspicuous, very sweetly scented, creamy-white flowers, followed by glossy black berries

Suppliers
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Awards
Award of Garden Merit
How to growSunlight
Part shade Full shade Aspect
South-facing, North-facing, West-facing or East-facing
Sheltered
Cultivation
Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained humus-rich soil in shade. Full sun may be tolerated when planted in damp soil. Also tolerant of atmospheric pollution, dry shade and neglect
Soil
Moist but well-drained
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral
Chalk, Clay, Sand or Loam
Propagation
Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer or propagate by seed sown in containers outdoors in autumn or spring

Suggested planting locations and garden types
Ground Cover, Banks and Slopes, Low Maintenance or Cottage/Informal Garden

How to carePruning
Pruning group 8

Pests
Generally pest free
Diseases
Generally disease free
CharacteristicsPlant type
Shrub

Habit
Bushy

Fragrance
Flower

ResilienceHardiness
H4 (hardy)
ColourFlower
White in Winter

Foliage
Dark Green in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter

Fruit
Black in Summer

SizeUltimate height
1.5-2.5 metres

Ultimate spread
1-1.5 metres

Time to ultimate height
5-10 years



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thats nice paul :o)

11 Jan, 2013

 

Thanks Sandra - this was a B&Q buy last Christmas - maybe year before thinking about it, the berries are stunning - now the scented flowers coming through too :-))

11 Jan, 2013

 

I also have one of these, Paul. It's in flower just now, and although it's in the front garden, we can actually smell it in the back garden which is roughly 15mtrs away :0

12 Jan, 2013

 

that is great Waddy - the flowers a bit slower for me - love the smell - alike Lily of the valley I think :-)

12 Jan, 2013

 

I like the look of that , Paulie , I will try to "aquire " one before too long , I've made a note .

12 Jan, 2013

 

Great stuff Driad :)))

13 Jan, 2013

 

Its lovely Paul looks so healthy too.

13 Jan, 2013

 

looks nice Paul :-)

13 Jan, 2013

 

Thanks sixpence and Surreylad :))

13 Jan, 2013

 

:o))

14 Jan, 2013

 

Have dine really well this year, reckon they like the rain....

15 Jan, 2013

 

yes DDaisy much better than last years :-))

15 Jan, 2013



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